Glimpses of Glory to Remember and to Learn

• Main Authors: Hussin, Muhammad Rosni Amir, Abdullah, Zarifah, Abd Mutalib, Hafizah
• Format: Conference or Workshop Item
• Language: English
• Published: 2022
• Subjects: HF Commerce
• Online Access: https://repo.uum.edu.my/id/eprint/30670/1/7th%20ICSC%202022%2049-54.pdf; https://repo.uum.edu.my/id/eprint/30670/

Covid-19 reached Malaysia in late January 2020. Since its first discovery in China and its worldwide spread, the management of Universiti Utara Malaysia (UUM) had closely monitored the development of the pandemic. Initially, in February 2020, UUM set up a special task force to manage its international students in their home country. Many of them were in China, and the task force was assigned to help them cope with teaching and learning for the upcoming semester. When the 1st Movement Control Order (MCO) was announced in March 2020, UUM immediately set up a special Disaster Management Committee (DMC) to replace the initial special task force. The DMC was led by the Vice-Chancellor, involving all the heads of departments in UUM as its committee members. Based on the DMC's decisions, the Academic Affairs Department (AAD) had implemented the Remote Learning (RL) method for all teaching and learning (T&L) processes, including any forms of assessment, whether mid-semester exams, assignments, quizzes, project presentations, and others, including final exams. Meanwhile, the Students' Affairs Department (SAAD) had managed to control almost 13,000 undergraduate and postgraduate students who were still staying on campus during the 1st MCO. This best practice case is based on the project management concepts.